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Normich ™ o & & < o o B ‘Bualletin VOL. LIV.—NO. 282 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS WORST BLAZE IN PUTNAM'S RISTORY Persistent Firebug Who Has Been Operating For Past Few Weeks Causes Loss of $150,000 TWO LARGE CONCERNS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT Wheaton Building and Lumber Company and Putnam Coal and Wood Company Heaviest Losers—Other Business Concerns and Owners of Dwellings Sustain Losses—Fire Set in Pile of Wood at Wheaton Plant—Aid Summoned From Webster arid Danielson—$5,000 Worth of Coal Destroyed—Four Families Burned Out of Homes. (Special to The Bulletin.) Putnam, Nov. 21.—Putnam was swept by the worst conflagration of its history Thursday night. The loss will not be less than $125,000, and may reach §$150,000. This fire is the su- preme effort of the firebug who has been working here for the past three or four weeks, and the city is dazed as a result 6f the ruin wrought tonight. A great part of the fire loss will be absolute, for as far as could be learned at midnight the principal suf- ferers are only lightly covered by in- surance. Lumber and Coal Plant Wiped. Out.- The big plant of the Wheaton Build- ing and Lumber company has been absolutely wiped out in the disaster, and the same is true of the valuable property of the Putnam' Coal and Wood company, these two concerns bearing a loss jointly that will total $100,000. In the big fire besides the properties mentioned the new _brick building owned by the Wheaton Build- ing and Lumber company, three dwell- ings and a barn, also the property of E. M. Wheaton, were destroyed. ‘While the fire was raging sparks were carried a mile north, where at the limits of the city other dwellings were set afire and destroyed. Fire Discovered at 1040 P. M. The fire was discovered at about 10.40. The most tangible story of the affair that could be learned at mid- night was given by E. M, Wheaton, by far the heaviest loser of all the sufferers. He said that upon coming up from his home at about 6.45 he Aigited the plant and made a thorough inspection of every floor of the big four-story building in which his woodworking business was located. Everything was in perfect order and there was no sign of fire anywhere about the property. At about 10.40 an employe of his who was passing along Front street noticed a small blaze in the rear of the Wheaton property close to the rallroad track. Pile of Wood Set Afire. An immediate investigation showed that a little plle of wood had been set afire and that the flames were rapidly spreading. In almost inconceivabie time the whole yard was wrapped in flames Automatic Sprinklers of No Avalil, Mr. Wheaton said that the fine au~ tematic sprinkler system with which his plant was equipped would be of no value in fighting back the flames, which were outside the zone of opera- tion of the system. By the time the fire reached the big bulldin, the sprinklers were of no avdil and when the flames reached the structure they ate it up as if it were cardboard. Mr. ‘Wheaton bravely stands his less, ‘which will probably amount to $75,- 000. $5,000 Worth of Coal Destroyed. B. M. Joslin of the Putnam Ceal and Wood company places his loss at from $18,000 to $20,000, partly covered by insurance. He said that he had ahout 00 worth of coal ir his yard and th s practically destroyed. ' He . his sheds, though the office building was saved and about 200 feet of railroad track and trestle that cost him $£7,000. Other Concerns Burned Out. Other business concerns that were burned out are the W, D, Case Slipper company, estimated loss $5,600; L. E. Payne, confectionery store, $2,000; the A, J. Warner post, G, A, R, Cavalry A. M church, Putnam nest of Owls, other aternal organizations, families of Joseph Burke,. Thomas Bromley, ‘Wesley Keller, Mr. Ducker and others. Aid from Webster and Danielson, Immediately on moting the prepor- tions of the fire the loeal fire depart-\ ment asked for aid from Webster and Danielson and firemen and apparatus were rushed from these places, arriv- ing about midnight. At that hour the fire wag under coatrol, but stiil burn- ing fiercely, and the other fire at the north startling proportions. Engines Removed from Roundhouse. Bvery available bit of appardtus and fireman and many citizens were at the start in fighting the big the only hope being that it weuld gonfined within a certain area, hope was realized;, Up in the id yards, very clese to the fire, omotives . were hurried out of the 'oundhouse and all the rolling steck quickly taken out of the danger zone. Streams of water were played en the big freight station and ether property of 4he railroad company, all of which c i injury, excepting some of the gervice wires which went light circuits were. cut § firemen for protection’s sake, | “excepting for the flare of the ‘conflagration the city was plunged in darkness. Sick Women Removed. A peculiar incident of the fire, but one that necessity demanded, was the removal from the second floor of one of the Wheaton buildings of two women, each of whom had been con- fined within three days, and their two little babies. How the shock will af- fect them could not be ascertained. 8parks Start Other Fire. The Mechanic street fire, a mile to northward of the big blaze, was caused by sparks blown high over the bu.l'!u- ings in the interyening space by the intense heat. Two hourses were de- stroyed here and another one badly damaged by fire in tre roof and by water. The house and cottage de- stroyéd are owned by George L. Pren- tice, as ‘'was the one damaged, which was ocoupied by his son, Harry W Prentice. Four Families Burned Out. At 2 o'clock this morning Mr. Pren- %pstlifl‘u“ha was awakeged about 11.15 gomeone who had vered that e of his house was afire. T 00k and got ont,” said Mr. ;ro ;- gtood surveying the ruins of his home. Four families were burned out by this fire. Louis Thomp- son, who occupied the tenement over George Li “suffered Jods, aa B -had” ng- same is true of Elbert Woodis, who lived in the cottage. Both of these houses were burned to the ground. Mr. Prentice estimated his loss at $6,000, covered by about $5,000 insurance. Water Pressure Fails. One of the fire companies was de- tached from service at the big fire and sent up to fight the Mechanic street blaze, but the heavy tax on the water pressure so reduced it that the fire- men could do little more than protect adjoining property. Out of Town Apparatus Arrives. At 1.45 the General Putnam Steamer company of Danielson arrived and swung into position to make what looked like an all-night fight to_keep the big fire under control. The Web- ster department also had men and ap- paratus on the scene at that hour and the proposition confronting the fire- men was simply that of keeping a tight hold of the ground already gzined. Railroad Men Protect Company’s Property. The big force of railroad men in the local yard did heroic work in pro- tecting the, company’s property, which they saved ‘only by desperate efforts. All the paint was blistered off one side of a locomotive while it we being used to run coaches and a coal car off sidings within a few feet of the fire. The railroad men used the com- pany’s equipment in fighting to save the great freight shed and the bridge department and other buildings, all of which were badly scorched and threat- ening to blaze at any minute. Blaze Dying Down at 3 A. M. From the local yard a special train was sent to Danielson and brought the steamer from that place here, while special engines were held at Williman- tic, Webster and Franklin, ang all tracks kept clear to rush apparatus here from those places, which, how- ever, was not done. The Webster au- to truck made the run overland. At 3 o'clock. the fire was dying dewn, having eaten up everything in the area within which it was confined, excepting some great heaps of coal At this. heur,-the thousands of the city's people who had been up all night Eegan to drift towards their homes, stunned with the extent of the disaster that some human wretch had visited upon them. DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATION AT THE TRIAL OF GIBSON. Fisherman Re-enacts Scene Finding Woman's Body. After Goshen, N. Y., Nov. 21—An at- tendant lay on the ceurthouse floor this afternoon at the trial of Bur- ton W. Gibson for the murder of Mrs. Rosa M. Szabo and with judge, jury and counsel grouped around him, re- enacted an alleged scene from the tragedy of July 16, in which Mrs. 3! o lost her life at Greenwood lake. The attendant represented the life- less form of Mrs. Szabo when it was drawn up from the bottom of the lake, two days after she met death. Bending over him with flushed face was the fisherman, Thomas Garrison, who had brought the body to the sur- face. “I teok the body so,” said Garrisonm, end of the city was assuming, grasping the attendant’s shoulders. “I raised it this way. I put two blocks of wood under the head,” illustrating with a cushion. *“I twisted the neck round like this so that the face would be in front and not to the side as it was when I found it. Then I pushed the head down,” Garrison grasped the attendant’s scalp and forced it down- ward and forward. *“I should say the chin went down four inches, almost resting on the breast, I left it that way for eight hours and a half till the undertaker came.” Through this illustration the defense hopes to upset the state’s entire eon- tention that the orgens e fthe dead wo- man’s throat were foreed out of po- sition by strangulation. Medical ex- perts for the defemse are prepared teo testify tomerrow that Garrison's treatment of the bedy was sufficient to have forced the tongue, palate and windpipe into the pesition in which the state claims they were.feund at the autopsy, PENSION OF $25,000 FOR EX-PRESIDENTS. Carnegie Corporation Will Also Pay Pension to Their Widows, New York, Nov. 31—Future ex-presi- dents of the United States are te be pensioned in the sum of $25,000 each annually by gction of the Carnegie corporation New York today. The grant is provided for with the idea of enabling former executives of the nation to devote ‘their unique know- ledge gained in public affairs to the public good, free from pecuniary gare. A similar amount i sto be paid widows of ex-presidents so long as they re- main unmarried. The pensions are to be promptly of- fered to the ex-presidents or ghelr widows ,s0 that no application will be required from them. Payment is to be continued so long as the recipients “remain unprovided for by the gov- ernment.” The anouncement followed the second annual meeting of the corpora- tion, held at the residence of Andrew Carnegle here and attended by 'the corporation’s eight trustees. TFHUG FIRED SHOT AT BRIDGE?ORT CHINAMAN. Captured by a Vfi;dutrun and Turned Over to Police, Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 21.—Alexan- der ]fiq , age 23, walked into the laum- dry E{ng Lee in Main street-this gvenhlz ted 2 dx;)im&ver at the m- m gumn e money jn the il ;& emadea.hastyeeyx' out of the back door and Riley fired at him. When Rilgy attempted to secape later he was captured by a passerby shooting Alvin E. Zollinger, an adver- Cabled Paragraphs Two French Aviators Killed. Rhelms, France, Nov. 21.—Two avi- ators were killed today, one, Andre Frey, at Rhelms, and the other, sub- Lieutenant Laurent, at Etampes. Delegates from Philippines. Manila, Nov. 20.—Manuel Quezon, member of the Philippine assembly, and Manue] Earnshaw were elected to- day delegates from the Philippines to congress at Washington. Japanese Cruiser Launched. Tokio, Japan, Nov. 21.—The Japan- ese armoreqd cruiser Hiyei built at Yo- kosuka, was sugcesstully launched to- day in the presénce of the emperor of Japan. Her first keel plate was laid November 4, 1911. Russian Officers Warned. St. Petersburg, Nov. 21.—Russian of- cers were warned today by the minis- ter of war that idle gossip in regard to military preparations in Russia woulg render them liable to exclusion from the army. - Amerioan Cruisers at Gibraltar. Gibraltar, Nov. 21.—The United States cruisers Tennessee and Mon- tana arrived here this afternoon. They are coalingt preparatory to proceeding to Turkish waters for the protection of American citizens in the Ottoman empire. MUTILATED BODY FOUND, THREE ARRESTS FOLLOW Farmer and Factory Foreman Had Had Previous Trouble. Warsaw, N. Y, Nov. 21.—The mu- tilated body of Frank Bentley, 25 years old, foreman in a cheese factory at Union Corners, was found today in a shallow grave on a farm near the village of North Java. Althose Prince, 35 years old, a farmer and neighbor of }gemley, and Louis and Harry Web- ber, Prince’s brothers-in-law, were held tonight by the sheriff in connec- tion with the crime. Prince, who is a married man, admits, according to the sheriff, that he had had some | words with Bentley over domestic af- fairs, but denies all knowledge of Bentley’s death. Saturday afternoon Bentley told Mrs. Alonzo Hicks, with whom he boarded, that hg was going hunting, and that he would return before dark. It was shortly after this, Prince admits, that he met Bentley on the road and was asked by him to join in a hunting trip. Prince said’he finally agreed tp ac- company him. He claims, however, that he left him shortly afterwards on the Jay Woodhouse farm, where the sheriff believes Bentley was killed. Last night Willlam McKenzie and John Shea found, eighteen inches be- low the surface the charred and mu- tilated body, Both legs had been chopped off just below the hips. BEv- ery particle of clothing had been burn- ed off and portions of the body were charred and blistered. There was a great hole in the abdomen, the nose was broken and there was a deep wound over the right eye, all appar- ently made with seme blunt instru- ment. GOMPERS CRITICIZED FOR SUPPORTING GOV. WILSON. Socialist Members of American Fed- eration Voted Down. Rochester, N, Y., Nov. 21—An im- portant feature of today’s session of the American Federation of Labor con- vention was the endorsement of the committee on presideat’s report com- mending the non-political polioy which has beea pursued by President Gom- pers and other officials of the federa~ tion. The endorsement (efre after a lengthy debate. Delegate Max Hays, a socialist member of the radical wing, opposed the committee’s report on the ground that during the last campaign President Gompers had threugh pub- lications ef the federation supported the democratic ¢ ndidate for presi- dent and that in (uoting plans favor- able to labor from varieus political platforms he had made ne quotations fram the sooialist platform. Several socialist members of the radical group supported Hayes in his contentions, DEATHS IN JAMAICA WILL TOTAL OVER 100. Houses of Americah C:Iony at Mente- go Bay Badly Damaged. ficlal estimate of the dead in the hur- ricane and tidal wave which visited the western part of Jamaica places the | number at more than 100 in the coast towns alone. Details which are grad- ually coming in indicate great devasta- tion in the western section ,where sugar factories and buildings, almost without exception ,were unroofed or wrecked and ‘the banana flelds recent- ly planted were completely wiped out. ractically all the lighters, coast- ing sloops and small craft in the harbors of Green Island, Montego bay, Tucea and Savanna la Mar foundered and a alrge proportion of the crews were drowned. Many persons living in these towns lost their lives in the collapse of buildings, = The houses of the American colony at Monetgo bay were badly damaged but ne easuaities are reperted, ADMITTED TRYING TO BRIBE A POLICEMAN. Theught It Was New Yerk Style and Jury Acquitted Him. “ New Yeoik, Nov. 21.—Fabian B. Me- Kinney's frank statement te a jury that he tried to bribe a policeman with money because he thought it was “the way they did busingss in New ¥erk” was followed by his agquittal teday on a charge of bribing Patrolman Ar- thur Carmack, who was a member of the “strong arm” squad of Charles Becker, the police lieutenant sentemeed to death for the murder of Gambler Herman Rosenthal. “T thought money gould o every- thigg in ork,” McKinney ex- plained. gave the policehan money because I thought it was the regular thing to do. I had read in the coun- try newspapers that that was the way they did business in New York.” The jury deliberated only five min- utes before reaching ‘ifs verdict to ac- uit. McKinney hails ‘Waterbury, onn. Farley €ase to Jury. Columbus, 0., Nov. 21L—Both the state and the defense cong}eted the introduction of ewidence today in the first’ degree murder trial of Miss Ce- q{lla Farley, the pretty state hoyse sterographet, wha 1is charged with ark last ing solicitor,” in a t;gty May,’and the caseis ‘expected to'go to the” jury some “time tomorrow. Gives Playground to Branford. New York, Nov. 2{.—Property to be used as a public playground and park is left to the town of Branford, Conn., under terms of the will®of Dr. Frank J. Parker of this city, filed for pro- Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 21—The of- Turkey Rejects Terms of Allies “MPOSSIBLE.” FIGHTING IS RESUMED Hostilities Now Likely to Become More Active and Determined — Powers Likely to Keep Their Hands Off. London, Nov. 21.—The formal sus- pension of the eastern war proved on- ly for a day. Turkey rejected the Bal- kan terms for an armistice apparently before the plenipotentiaries had time to come together at Hademkeui. Ki- mal Pasha, the grand vizier, declared that the allies’ overtures were “im- possible.” He ordered the comman- der In chief to continue fighting “wlith the help of the Al ighty until reason- able ‘and meoderate = conditions were proposed.” This decision came as an utter sur- prise, and diplomats are not wholly convinced that the Ottoman troops will really take up arms again in the cholera stricken trenches of Tchatalja. Extreme Demands by Bulgarians. ‘While the Bulgarian conditions—for Bulgaria is acting as the mouthpiece for the allies—were extreme, stipulat- ing the surrender of Adrianople and Scutari, both of which strongholds are making an historic defense, as well as the cession of all the territory, except a narrow strip above Constantineple, these conditions were advanced as ov- ertures,' in other words they were ap- parently put forward as a basis for negotiations. The porte treated them as an ultl- matum and this perhaps is the Ori- ental method of beginning negotiations —designed to induce the enemy fur- ther to show his hand. A Baikan di- plomat in London pointed out tonight that these terms were submitted mere- ly as an answer to Turkey’'s pressing and repeated demands for an armistice and said: May Make Warfare More Bitter. “It is practically certain that their rejection will result in a more active and determined resumption of hostili- ties. Probably the allied troops will now refuse to treat with Turkey until they are in a position to dictate per- haps sterner terms Iin the capital of the sultan.” The negotiations thus far have been conducted through the Russian am- bassador at Constantinople, but the Turkish ambassador at Berlin, Osman Nizami Pasha, was on his way to join his colleagues appointed to meet the Bulgarian representatives when the Turkish government's startling decis- ion was telegraphed abroad. Powers Will Keep Hands Off. Even yet, it would seem that the Turkish officials have not- abandoned hope that the powers will come to their rescue and attempt to arrange a compromise, but Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, announced tonight that the powers had notsgone 80 far as to arrange a general con- ference after the conmclusion of the war. Their only agreement, so far as surfaee indications go, is to keep their hands off. Naval Engagement Repeorted. European military officials consider the alles’ terms harsh in one respect, that is, that they should concede to the garrisons of Adrianople and Scu- tari the right of marching out with the honors of war, which th have earned, instead of compelling an um- conditional capitulation. Two more chapters of the war are reported, a naval engagement off Var- na between the Turkish cruiser Hami- dieh and two Bulgarian torpede hoats and the eccupation of Florina by the Greeks. The Bulgarians report that they did great damage to and probably sank the cruiser. The Turks report that they sank two torpedo boats and that the cruiser was only slightly dam- ag ed. Turkish Rear Guard Cut Off. . By the eccupatien of Flerina, which lies to the south of Menastir, the Greeks, accerding to the Athems re- port, have cut off the rear guard of the Turkish army to the number of 30,000 retreating from Meonastir. The Battle Resumed. Constantinople, Nov. 21.—The battle at the Tchatalja lines has been re- sumed. Cannonading was reopened with great violence this evening and is plainly audiple here. QUESTIONS MAN’S RIGHT TO RULE OVER WOMEN. Dr. Anna Shaw Defies Them to Show Divine Authority for It. Philadslphia, Nov. 21.—Opening their 44th annual convention here to- day, more than 8500 delegates to the National Ameriean Woman Suffrage association went to historic Indepen- dence 'square, where an open air mass meeting was held. Dr, Anna Howard Shaw, the natienal president, in dis- cussing the Declaration eof Indepen- dence, said that “it was not framed for Jew or Gentils, male er female,” and that its framers had no idea of de- priving wemen of their liberties and the right of suffrage. “Women were deprived of this right leng afterward by men with unscrupu- leus intent,” she declared. Dr. Bhaw added that if any man weuld show a warrant fer the Almighty giving him the right to rule any woman without her eensent she weuld deseend from the platferma and have mething more te saw. ———e Lene Highwayman Gots $1,000. €laremere, Okla., Nev. 21.—A lene highwayman entezed the baek deor of the Btate Bank ef Foyil here today, and walked off with a thousamnd del- lars. The thief mounted a herse and eseaped to the weods, Roosevelt Loses Galifornia. Los Angeles, Now. 21.—The distriet court of appeals handed dewn a de- cision in fhe election controversy te- day, which democratic leaders dealare will place Califernia in the Wilsen column. Steamship A:zival-. At Rotterdam: Nov. 20, Campanslla, from New ¥ork. At Marseflles: Nov. 20, Roma, from New York and Providence. At Algiers: Nov. 31, Laconia, from New' York for Naples. First Edition Shakespeare Brings $7306 New York, Noy. 21.—A first edition Shakespeare’ quarto. brought $3300 at the Hoe library sale today. It was istorle of Troylus and Cr 3 “in Londoy in 1609, and "pound In: Tevant. eorge D. Smith bought it. 3 G V_.lpodrnw Wilson Carried Kansas by £1EhT prer Bopaouelt. 1 TP o GRAND VIZIER DECLARES THEM | ! note, Gondensed Telegrams Charles D. Hilles yesterday resumed his duties as private secretary to President Taft. Woodrow Wilson Carried Idaho in the recent election by 1,110 votes, ac- cording to the ofiicial count. Captain Porter of the Secret Service announced that counterfeit $10 certifi- cates are in circulation in. Chicago. Morris & Co. Have Established a free \dental parlor for employes in the | stockyards of the company in Chicago. The Trial of John Schrank, charged with attempting to kill Col. Theodore Roosevelt, will be proceeded with to- day. The Red Cross yesterday received $8,000 from various sources for the relief of the sufferers in the Balkan | war. Mrs, Hetty Green, wealthiest woman in America, celebrated her 73th birthday yesterday by attending strict- ly to business. Prof. William E. Chandler, an or- ganist and a musical composer of is dead at his home at New Haven in his 74th year. William Galioway of Waterloo, la, will present President-elect Wilson with a $5,000 cow registered under the name of Nona of Avon. United State enator George T. Oli- ver of Penn nla {8 a patient at Johns Hopki hospital, undergoing treatment for kidney trouble, Theatrical Managers in Paris have conceived the idea of painting the bal- let dancers’ legs instead of putting ;ham in tights. The girls- are object- ing. The New Baptist Bible has just been issued in New York. The style has been modernized. Jonah's whales have become a “great fish” and hell the “underworld.” Hunting Accidents in the West 12 hunters have 10 seriously injured. many more casualtl Nearly Three Hundred sole leather workers employed in eight large shoe factories at Lynn, Mass., struck yes- terday in an effort to enforce demands for an advance in pay. been killed and Michigan reports Enraged Because a Touring Car had run over his doz at Hrie, Pa., Lloyd Pastoring ffred both barrels of a .12 guage shotgun at the occupants and riddled three with birdshot. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company at the meeting of the directors held in New York yesterday declared the usual quarterly dividend of 2 per cént. The Operator in the Tower at Derby Junction, C. E. Leahy, has been found to have been responsible for the wreck on the New Haven road Tuesday morning by Supt. R. D. Fitzmaurice. On a Charge That he was responsi- ble for the death of Israel Sarkey at Fitchturg Nov. 16, Fngineer Ervin Conrad of a Boston and Maine express train was arrested at Boston yesterday. The Statement That Rev. Dr. H. Percy Bilver of Topeka, recently elect- ed bishop coadjutor for Kansas, was divorced two years ago by an Omaha court, is denied by the officials there Baron Alphonse de Rothschild of Vienna and Miss Clarice Sebag-Mont- flore of London were married in the latter city, thus joining the two wealthiest Jewish families In the world. Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, dean of the senate, will celebrate his 83d birthday today by attending the wedding of his granddaughter, Miss Eleanor Cullom Ridgly, to Dr. Henry Pickering Parker. Senator Works of California will in- troduce a resolution when congress re- convenes for the amendment of the constitution providing for the election of president and vice president by di- rect vote of the people. Fifty Years a Member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, Herbert L. Bridg- man, secretary-treasurer of the P 4 Arctic club, was presented with a s ver loving cup last night by the Ps! Upsilon club of New York. Jack Johnson, Champion Heavy- weight pugilist, yesterday received permission from United States District Judge Carpenter to file demurrers to the five charges of violating the Mann white slave act pending against him. Edwin 8. Thomas, treasurer of the state democratic committee, filed his report in the office of the secretary of state yesterday. He states that he received $11,901.28 and expended $12,- 469.87, leaving a deficit of $568.64. Walter C. Dwyer of White House, S. D., and Bertha M. Dwyer of Gardner, Maes., who were divorced ten vears ago, after nine years of married life, were remarried at Suffleld Wednesday gl:ht by Justice of the Peace Joseph rr. A Priest and Twenty Firemen were overcome by smoke from a fire which yesterday destroyed the Interlor of St. Jean Baptiste church, the largest French Cathollc edifice In Lowell, Mass. The financial loss is estimated at $150,000. The Resldence of City Engineer Samuel W, Hoyt, Jr, of South Nor- walk, was enmtered by burglars Wed- nesday pight and valuable diamond rings, other jewelry, clothing and sil- verware to the amount of several hun- dred dellars were stolen. Aféor le%lnu te the Stories of nine yeung girls, Clyde B, Ambress, & spe- eial {nvestigater for the department of justice, whe has been Investigating white slave eeses, caused the arrest of Avthur Bhank, 47 years old, ohlef en- gineer of the gevernment pumping station at Resslyn, Va, Less For War Mere Por Roads, Atlanta, ya., Nev. 81 —At the eles- ing sessien of the Beuthera Appiach- jan Good Reads semvention here te- day, reselutiens imtreduced Oon- gneamnl:jehn L, Bnmsit of Alabama, were gomsidered, propesing that t{he overmment spend less memey em the gnfldms of warships and the main- tenance pf the army and mere en the consfruction of publie reads, Jews Seek U. 8. Protection, Chicagb, Nov. 31.—Fhe United States government today was asked ?guhh action ta protect JFews in rkey against slaughter hy the Greek con- uerors. The appeal was made hy dolf Kraus, international dent of the B'Nal B'Rith. 1 Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconset, Mass, Noy. 21.- Steamern Adriatic, Liverpool for N miles ast of San | Dock 1249 p. m, York, 363 Hook at 1 j m. |Prosecution is To be Criminal THE GOVERNMENT ACTS AGAINST RAILROADS. IF TO EXAMINE RECORDS 8pecial Agent of Attorney-General to is Violated by Grand Trunk-New Haven Agreement Determine if Law ‘Washington, Nov. 21.—Alttorney Gen- eral Wickersham probably will com- plete his preparations for an extensive direct investigation of the proposed traffic agreement between the Grand Trunk railway of Canada and the New York, New Haven and Hartford rall- road at a conference here tomorrow with United States Aittorney Wise of New York and Assistant Attorney General Adidns, who has charge of the inquiry. To Examine Books and Records. At the condlusion of the conference 1t is expected that William H. Ben- ham, a speclal agent of the department olnjl{ld.ice, will leave Washington for New York and New England to exam- ine the books and records of the two compandes, to d@etermine whether their proposed arrangement will destroy competition between them in violatiom of the Sherman anti-trust law. Prosecution Will Be Criminal. ™t developed today that in case the department of justice ultimately moves against the roads, the action in all probability will be In the nature of a criminal prosecution. Officials are unable to see what could be accom- plished by a civil suit, because the federal government could not force the Grand Trunk 'to complete the exten- sions sald to have been abandoned im southern New England. To Avoid Granting Immunity, One reason for the abandonment for the time being of the plan to develop the situation by means of a grand jury inquiry at New York was, it is understood, that the testimony before a grand jury under subpoena would grant immunity to the witnesses in case violation of law was shown. It 1s the desire of the department of justice to grant immumity to no one unless necessary. President Mellen of the New Haven and President Chamberlin of the Grand Trumk have offered to place thetr books at the disposal of the overnment, and the attorney gemeral gnpfl: to develop the facts through such direct examination. If this meth- 0d falls, a grand jury inquiry will be resorted to. Wiokersham Has Copy of Agreement. Attorney General Wickersham pos- wesses a copy of the proposed agree- ment between the two roade, but it is gald not to afford any evidence of vio- lation of the law. It is unedrstood to relate to trackage privileges to be anted the Grand Trunk by the New g(wsn. and does not mention the al- leged suspension of work on the Grand Trunk’s extensions. Conferences With Railroad Commis- sioners. Ansistant Attorney General Adkins today held long conferences with Chairman MacLeod of the Massachu- getts rallroad commission and Chair- man Bliss of the Rhode Island utilities commission, both of whom presemted further arguments on bebalf of New England in opposition to the proposed agreement. SAM SCHEPPS WARNED AWAY FROM HOT SPRINGS. Mayor Writes That He Will Net Per- mit Him to Stay There. Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 21.—Sam Schepps was informed today, if a mes- sage sent by Mayor Waters of Hod Springs reached him before he was re4 leased from prison in New York, th he was not welcome at Hot Sprin, The mayor said in his message: “I destre to notify vou, as mayor of Hot Springs, representing the best in- terests of the city, that your presence here 18 not desired. “Hot Springs by your former vms gained undesirable notorfety. There~ fore I request you to stay away from Hot Springs, you and any of your as- sociates, and if you persist in coming here I, in my official capacity as T“' or, will not permit you to remain. POND DRAGGED FOR MISS NORMA GARVIN Daughter of Rhode Island ex-Gevernor Is Missing. Providence, Nov. 21.—The discovery of a hat belonging to Miss Norma Garvin, daughter of former Gov., T. F. C. Garvin, on the shore of a pond near her home in Lonsdale today, led the police to drag the pond. Miss Garvin has been missing since last evening, when she left home to at- tend a lecture at Brown university. The family are unable to assign any reason for her disappearance, She is 36 years old. The search of the pond was without result toddy. COTTON MILL WORKERS' WAGES Advance for 30,000 Hands Wanted by Fall River Union Leaders, Fall River, Mass., Nov, 21.—An ad- vance In the wages of 80,000 cotton mfll operatives here s being advocat- ed by the union leaders. A letter was sent to the Manufacturers’' association today by Thomas Taylor, secretary of the Mextile eounall, asking for a con- forence to consider the wages ques- tien, The union leaders maintain that market eonditions warrant an advance. Wages were increased here 10 p, eent, on March 26 last, or to a baSls of %182 cents per eut for weaving. The highest price ever paid in Fal River for weaving was 23.08 cens® frem May, 1907, to May, 1908, BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. Publle Warilng lssued Againet Twe $10 Bills and ene $20, ‘Washingten, ;o_v, 21\—"The secret servies teday issued a warning to the publlo th terfolt ten-dollar nmatiemal b en the Wigst Na- # o | Bank , ten-d N tifisgtes, _u&""m_m-agln; o \h‘: kelawtiuportrah‘ &R of hag a smeared %g- m \‘n-::‘ll\’l: coun~ an pager mpE ”a#file m.h.uchr Tumt a lathe work Jo r “uf